The Case of the Horrified Heirs, Erle Stanley Gardner
The Case of the Horrified Heirs, Erle Stanley Gardner
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The Case of the Horrified Heirs

Author: Erle Stanley Gardner

Narrator: Alexander Cendese

Unabridged: 4 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 09/12/2017

Synopsis

Virginia Baxter is the only witness still living who can vouch for the authenticity of Lauretta Trent’s will. Lauretta Trent, a wealthy widow is also living. But for how long? Someone has been peppering the spicy food Lauretta loves with arsenic. Could it be the same someone who tried framing Virginia Baxter for drug smuggling?Lauretta Trent doesn’t trust her greedy heirs. But could a scheming servant be behind a master plan to fleece her estate? It all seems to fit. But when Lauretta is murdered on the highway, all the evidence places Virginia Baxter squarely in the driver’s seat. Confused? Just think how Virginia’s lawyer, Perry Mason, must feel.…

About Erle Stanley Gardner

Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) was a prolific American author best known for his Perry Mason novels, which sold twenty thousand copies a day in the mid-1950s. There have been six motion pictures based on his work and the hugely popular Perry Mason television series starring Raymond Burr, which aired for nine years.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Melindam

3,5 stars It is one of the later Perry Mason books, written in the 1960s and it shows. Maybe ESG was already getting tired of his creation or bored writing these books(?). The usual quick-paced, tense, straightforward & action-packed storyline is there with even less embellishments than usual: hardly......more

Goodreads review by Sharon

This novel is not one of the better ones, and it lacks the clever excitement of some of the earlier books, but it is largely redeemed by a surprise ending. Virginia Baxter is being set up to be arrested on drug charges. She doesn't know why she is being framed, and calls on Perry Mason to help her.......more

Goodreads review by Bob

I've been reading Gardner's Perry Mason books off and on for many years. Those who are used to really fine mystery writers (in the literary sense), such as Ross Macdonald, may find the writing style here off-putting. It can be stiff and mechanical. Nonetheless, I still love the general setting: the......more

Goodreads review by Sharon

Virginia Baxter is framed for possession of drugs but why? Who did it? Someone is intent on getting her out of the way, not by murder but by having her thrown in prison. What is the motive? Who did she offend or does she know something that could obstruct someone's goal. But what is that goal? What......more

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